The world-famous British Museum has a huge collection of fascinating relics. In terms of strangeness though, there are several lesser-known museums out there that may intrigue you – or simply leave you running for the hills.

Gallery of Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris. Photo by westher

The Gallery is situated in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. Photo by Thomas Claveirole

The Gallery dates from 1898 and inaugurated as part of l’Expositions universelles de Paris of 1900. It was the creation of professors Albert Gaudry and Georges Pouchet. Photo by westher

Orangutan Strangling a Borneo Savage by Emmanuel Frémiet. Photo by Brendan Lynch

Gallery of Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris, France

This offshoot of the National Museum of Natural History houses a staggering collection of skeletons – not only of thousands of different animals, but also humans at different stages of development.

If that doesn’t strike you as strange, how about their macabre statue of an orangutan strangling a woman? Very palaeontological, no doubt.

Vent Haven Museum by 5chw4r7z

One of the “dummies” at the Vent Haven Museum. Photo by 5chw4r7z

Vent Haven Museum, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, USA

Just across the Ohio-Kentucky border from Cincinnati is an astounding collection of retired ventriloquist dummies.

We’re not sure how long you’ll want to spend there though after you anxiously realise almost all of the 750-odd dummies seem to be positioned so that they stare directly at you.

Dalí Theatre-Museum is the largest surrealistic object in the world. Photo by Jaume Meneses

The Mae West Room, Dali Museum, Figueres. Photo by (vincent desjardins)

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí. Photo by ctsnow

Dalí Theatre and Museum, Figueres, Spain

Let’s end on something a bit more cheery. Salvador Dali was probably the most famous surrealist artist of the 20th century. This museum in his home town in northern Spain offers visitors what is essentially an excursion into the beautiful mind of a well-paid space pilot.

The layout is exquisitely confusing with artworks and installations sometimes only making sense when you squint at them from afar. You’ll also be confronted with a lot of eggs.

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